"We see no impropriety in Jesus offering Himself as an acceptable offering and sacrifice before the Father to atone for the sins of His brethren, committed, not only in the second, but also in the first estate" (Orson Pratt. The Seer, 1 (no. 4): 54). Robert J. Matthews quotes Orson Pratt and then adds, "He is not speaking the doctrine of the Church but what he says is clear and consistent and reasonable and I believe it" (The Price of Redemption, 4). The Doctrine and Covenants seems to confirm this belief: "Every spirit of man was innocent in the beginning [referring to our spirit birth]; and God having redeemed man from the fall [referring to the Atonement], men became again in their infant state [referring to mortal birth], innocent before God" (D&C 93:38).
Tad R. Callister, The Infinite Atonement. 2000. p.78, 79
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